Contracts

FinCEN eyes contractors to help draft its own regulations

The Treasury Department's financial crimes enforcement arm is seeking outside help to meet anti-money laundering and stablecoin mandates.

Trump executive order pushes fixed-price contracting, but implementation questions loom

A 90-day deadline for agencies to renegotiate major contracts is drawing skepticism from legal observers.

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DIA tees up $800M data collection recompete

The Defense Intelligence Agency sets the date for when it plans to release a final solicitation for this multiple-award contract focused on technical functions.

Pentagon makes agreements with 8 companies to add AI to classified networks

Advanced capabilities from NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, Reflection, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle and Google will be made available at the Pentagon's Impact Levels 6 and 7.

Leidos secures $869M contract to help the Army see the battlefield faster

The MACRO II effort covers artificial intelligence and advanced networking across land, sea, air, space, cyber and electromagnetic domains.

NOAA starts the bidding for ProTech 2.0's environmental monitoring domain

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking to hire a pool of companies that can help it use satellite data for its forecasting and modeling operations.

CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans

A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.

GSA hits one-year mark for OneGov

The General Services Administration's effort to centralize brand name technology purchases has brought in 20 companies as participants so far.

SOCOM adding AI, autonomy ‘at every level,’ commander says

Fast adoption illustrates smaller organizations’ ability to harness disruptive tech.

Japanese lease dooms SupplyCore’s protest of logistics contract

The General Services Administration could not evaluate the documentation of a warehouse lease written entirely in Japanese with no English translation.

Army sets industry day for high-performance computing recompete

Defense Department communities involved in tech development and transition efforts all have access to the supercomputing systems, which are currently supported by BAE Systems Inc.

VA seeks single contractor to modernize sprawling supply chain

The Veterans Affairs Department has 63 legacy systems across 174 sites that have created fragmented and inefficient operations.

First protest filed against the Army’s troubled MAPS contract

Some in industry are calling the $50 billion professional services vehicle "still a hot mess" as the Army works to answer thousands of questions.

FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes

President Trump's "Made in America" executive order could force significant rewrites to domestic content provisions.

Commerce goes direct to hyperscalers with $4.1B cloud pact

The department cites artificial intelligence, weather modeling and scale as reasons to narrow the competition.

HHS to rework $1B legal services contract after protests

Acacia Center for Justice and ICF challenged invoicing terms, background check requirements and a rule ending representation when unaccompanied migrant children turn 18.

VA seeks industry ideas for contact center tech upgrade

The agency is asking for artificial intelligence applications including conversational voice bots and chatbots with multilingual capabilities.